At a recent press conference, Honda CEO Takahiro Hachigo announced that the next Accord and CR-V models will based on the same platform with the latest Civic and will use downsized turbo petrol engines. Both models will be part of its core global models and with this sharing of platform, the company hopes to be more efficient in the development and production of other global models.

Also revealed in the conference, Honda is almost ready to launch its Clarity fuel-cell vehicle and it should be on sale after this March.